她拿起笔写了几下，然后把笔一扔说笔没水了…其实我们用的是电子签名板。

After she started signing her name, she threw the pen down in frustration saying that the pen was out of ink. We use electronic pin pads.

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我给迪克买了一支很贵的钢笔，他却以极低的价钱卖掉了，回来跟我撒谎说笔丢了，我非常生气。

I bought Dickan expensive pen, but he sold it for a song and then he lied tome, saying that he has lost it. I really got irritated!

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有小道消息说他在股票交易中赔了一大笔钱。

The gossip was that he had lost a fortune on the stock exchange.

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They might decide that we have some investment over there we just lost money on and we should take a write off for that.

他们决定说,有几笔投资赔了钱,我们得减掉这些

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I mean, you've been banging on that pen for a long time and I don't understand why.

我是说，你一直用那支笔敲来敲去，我不明白为什么。

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You know, no one says that you can fire the head of the General Motors, by giving them this money, but once you decided they can do it, they can do it.

你知道，没有人说,你能让大众汽车的总裁走人，给他一笔钱，但一旦政府决定你能做，你就能做。

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